Fence-post.



R. W. GRAY.

FENCE POST.

APPLIGATION FILED FEB. 24, 1913.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

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FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1213.

Application filed February 24, 1913. Serial No. 750,392.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, RANDOLPH vV. GRAY, citizen of the United tates, residing at Madison, in the county of Madison and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fence posts and more particularly to a fence post having means thereon for clamping fence wires thereto and the primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device of this character which will be thoroughly effective in carrying out the purpose for which the same is designed.

A further object of the invent-ion resides in providing a clamping bar with improved locking means for securing the same to a fence post.

till another object of the invention resides in providing a device which is simple and durable in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will be very efiicient and useful in operation.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the same applied to use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same; Fig. 3 is a section as seen on line 33, of Fig. 2.

In describing my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which- 1 indicates a fence post of any desired shape and size, I having shown the same as a flat bar, to which is secured, the surface and underground plates 2 and 3 respectively. The surface plate 2 has a central slot therein communicating with a sleeve portion 4 thereon, to receive the post 1 therethrough, and this plate 2 is secured in position by means of the upper bracing arm 5, the latter being held at its one end to the upper face of the plate 2 and secured at its upper end by means of a bolt 6 extending transversely through the post 1. The lower or underground plate 3 which is also provided with a slot about centrally thereof, to receive the lower end of the post 1 therein, is braced in position by means of the bracing arms 7 and S, which are secured at their lower ends to the upper face of the plate 3, adjacent its outer end. The upper end of said brace arms are secured to the sides of the sleeve portion 4 by means of a bolt 9 extending completely through the sleeve portion and the post 1. The post 1, from the surface plate 2 to the upper end thereof, is provided at regular intervals with slots 10 and the front face of said post is concaved and provided with transverse ridges or notches 11. A clamping bar 12 is provided, the inner face of which is convexed and provided with similar ridges or notches 13, so that when said clamping bar is applied to the front face of the post 1, the same forms a complementary element thereto, the slots or notches in the post registering with the corresponding slots or notches in the clamping bar. This clamping bar is also provided with the angular locking lugs 14, which are adapted to be received through the slots 10 of the post 1 and when so received therethrough, the locking bar is adapted to be moved downwardly so that said angular locking lugs retain the bar to the post. It must be here stated, however, that the bolt 6, which secures the upper end of the bracing arm 5 to the post 1, is also adapted to secure the clamping bar 12 to said post, when the former is disposed to its locking position on the latter. It will thus be seen that when disposed to its locked position on the post, said clamping bar will be secured against movement by the application of the bolt 6 therethrough. A cap member 15 is also provided which is adapted to be applied to the upper end of the post with the clamping bar applied and when so positioned, the parts are additionally held together and a neat appearing and positive clamping post is provided.

In applying the device to use, that is, attaching wires to the post, the cap member 15 is first removed, whereupon the bolt 6 is disengaged from the post, clamping bar and bracing arm. The clamping bar 12 is then raised so that the angular ends of the looking lugs register with the slots 10, whereupon said locking or clamping bar in en tirely removed. The wires are then stretched and drawn across the transverse slots or ridges 11 in the post 1. The clamping bar is then replaced, the wires being secured in the registering slots or ridges 11 of the clamping bar or post and the brace 5 also replaced which retains the post in place and also secures the wires in position.

In describing the operation of the device, it is, of course, assumed that the post is properly supported in the ground and from the description of the construction of the parts, the manner of applying the device to the ground or removing the same therefrom, will be readily understood.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and efficient means for carrying out the objects of the invention and while I have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform the functions set forth, it is obvious that various changes in form, proportion and in the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the principles of the invention.

It will be seen that this post if so constructed as to receive fence wiring of various types and should web wiring be used, the post will accommodate various heights of such wiring.

Having thus described this invention, what I claim is In a device of the class described, a post, means to anchor the same below the surface of the ground, a surface plate removably secured to said post to rest upon the surface of the ground, said post being provided with slots in the portion above the ground arranged at regular intervals therein, a clamping bar adapted for application to the post and provided with outwardly and downwardly bent angular lugs for reception in the slots of said post, said angular lugs, when disposed in their eifective'locking positions, receiving the lower walls of the slots against the outwardly disposed portions and receiving the outer wall of the post in close contact with the downwardly bent portions of the same, and said clamping bar in such position having its lower edge resting in contact with the surface plate and having its upper end fitting flush with the upper end of the post, a bracing arm secured at its lower end to said surface plate and having its upper end disposed in contact with the outer face of the post, means disposed through said clamping bar and post to engage with the upper end of said bracing arm, to secure the latter to the post and simultaneously and additionally lock the bar to said post, and a cap member applied to the upper end of said bar and post to snugly fit the same and aid in the retention thereof together at such point.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RANDOLPH W. GRAY.

Witnesses:

G. W. TEDDER, ESTELLE MCDONALD.

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